Tire.



W. D. HARRIS.

TIRE.

APPLICATION TILED OUT. 2, 1907.

940,528. 7 Patented N0v.16,1909.

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STATES PATENT FFICEG WILLIAM D. HARRIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOB T0 HARRIS TIRE & RUBBER C0,, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPORATION OF MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLLm l). Haunts, ,a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Tires..of which the following is a specification. '1

One object of my invention is to provide a tire having a tread portionformed of a number of strips of fabric so disposed as to lie in a. planesubstantially perpendicular to the tread surface and so fastened inplace that they shall be permanently held in their proper position in.order to prevent punctures, stone-cutting, or other injuries to thetire.

I further desire to provide novel means for holding in a tire the bodyof fabric constituting the tread surface in order that this shall not beeasily displaced, loosened, split or otherwise injured.

These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompany'ing drawing. in which thefigure is a vertical section of a tire constructed according to myinvention.

In the above d 'awings A represents a vehicle tire of the ordinary shapewhich consists of .a body a of rubber or other equivalent materialhaving a lining a composed of a number of layers of fabric such ascanvas 01'' cotton duck, placed one over the other, these layers beingarranged at their ends indicated at u to form clencher projections.

The wearing or tread surface of the tire consists of a body B of fabricstrips arranged substantially parallelto each other with their edgesperpendicular to the tread surface of the tire. Said strips maybecomposed of any suitable material and are held together in a solid massby friction rubber. the whole mass being so combined with the rubberthat it forms a uniform, uninterrupted wearing surface extendin, 7around the tire. ln order-that this mass of fabric strips may beprevented from spreading and be properly maintained in place in thetire, I place a layer of canvas or tire fabric a in a recess of the tireand on this I place said mass of strips, turning up the edges of saidcanvas so that they are parallel with said strips. p

I claim- T s A. hollow'tire having a rubber body por tion provided withan annular recess in its wearing face, a piece of canvas extendinglongitudinally around the tire in the recess and having its edges turnedup along the sides thereof so as to line'said recess, with a bodyoffabric strips set in the recess upon up edges, and said stripsextending circtnnferentially of the tire and being arrangertto lie inplanes substantiallyperpendicular fto the tread surface thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthepresence of R. L. S'rnvrnvs,

Jos. H. KLEIN.

said lining of canvas between said turned

